India's Stability May Depend
On Vajpayee Curbing Radicals

NEW DELHI -- India's new prime minister, A.B. Vajpayee, has a long history within his Hindu-nationalist party as a voice of moderation -- a voice that has often been drowned out by the crowd.

Now, the political stability of India, at least for the next several months, may depend on Mr. Vajpayee's ability to assemble a cabinet and to govern in accordance with his own temperate views, while keeping extremists in his Bharatiya Janata...